TY  - BOOK
AU  - Owen,Roger
TI  - Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life
SN  - 9780674065413
AV  - DS39 -- .O84 2012eb 
U1  - 352.230917/4927 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Authoritarianism -- Arab countries
KW  - Authoritarianism -- Middle East
KW  - Monarchy -- Arab countries
KW  - Monarchy -- Middle East
KW  - Presidents -- Arab countries -- History
KW  - Presidents -- Middle East -- History
KW  - Arab countries -- Kings and rulers
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Search for Sovereignty in an Insecure World -- 2. The Origins of the Presidential Security State -- 3. Basic Components of the Regimes -- 4. Centralized State Systems in Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, and Algeria -- 5. Presidents as Managers in Libya, Sudan, and Yemen -- 6. Constrained Presidencies in Lebanon and Iraq after Hussein -- 7. The Monarchical Security States of Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, and Oman -- 8. The Politics of Succession -- 9. The Question of Arab Exceptionalism -- 10. The Sudden Fall -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index
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ER  -